Saudi Arabia pumped 10.563 million barrels a day in October, OPEC said, as the U.S. average gas price fell to $3.94, its first time under $4 in months.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths, its health ministry said Nov. 11, as Kenya began a 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
Spain held its first general strike in 14 years on Nov. 11 over housing costs. Masked groups clashed with police in Barcelona as 120,000 marched in Madrid.
Cost of living by country for mid-2026: the most expensive and cheapest nations, the biggest changes over the year and official inflation, with charts.
Russia hit six major power substations overnight, Kyiv said, a second night of strikes that left outages in eight regions and darkened city streetlights.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large prisoner exchange as Abu Dhabi talks ended Wednesday with no breakthrough. Envoys go to Moscow and Dublin Thursday.
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Colombia surrender law passed the House 95-10, offering sentence cuts of up to 50%, as a second police officer died after the Algeciras motorcycle bomb.
A North Korea missile launch from Sondok may be its third ballistic launch in a week, as Kim Yo Jong rebuffs talks and Taiwan unfreezes 74 budget items.
Ukraine nuclear power plants cut output after Russian substation strikes; the Komyshuvakha toll hit 37 and Latvia called a U.N. Security Council meeting.
The Houthi siege of Taiz has cut off a city of 1.5 million for 30 days, Saudi Arabia issued 3 danger alerts, and Egypt and Germany push Iran diplomacy.
Ukraine reported 208 clashes on Nov. 3, heaviest on the Kostiantynivka axis, as Russia launched 310 drones overnight at energy sites. A Yaroslavl refinery was reportedly hit.
Iran daily briefing, Nov. 4, 2026: two more Isfahan protesters hanged, Khamenei on the midterms, Hormuz clashes, 147% factory inflation and campus sit-ins.
Iran hanged two more Isfahan protesters Nov. 3, bringing executions in the Alikhani Square case to nine, as rights groups cite torture and a retrial order.
EU defense readiness for 2030 is at risk despite record €418 billion spending, the Commission warns. A €500 billion enablers gap and what Brussels proposes.
Russia launched 310 long-range drones at Ukraine overnight into Nov. 4, hitting energy sites in six regions and forcing emergency power cuts, including in Kyiv.
Iran war, Nov. 4: Trump calls the Qeshm strike minor but says the U.S. may do "something large" as Iran rejects the U.S. reply on Hormuz. What we know.
Tusk says Poland stopped a possible Russian provocation on the Kaliningrad border after border guards saw people with flashlights near Sępopol just after midnight. No one crossed.
Ukraine war: Kyiv loses water after Russian strikes knock out three of DTEK's five thermal plants, the Komyshuvakha toll rises to 33, and Merz promises Zelensky winter air defense and energy aid.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: drone strikes hit three more Sudanese substations, Sudan accuses Ethiopia at the UN over 187 drones, RSF defections in Blue Nile, and Uganda begins leaving Somalia.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: Rubio meets Venezuela's foreign minister on a three-phase transition plan, Cuba's grid meets only a third of demand, Colombia reels from a truck bombing, and U.S. boat strikes reach 72.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: Taiwan reports 49 Chinese military aircraft in 24 hours, the most of 2026, as the carrier Liaoning operates in the western Pacific and a mystery vessel sits inside Scarborough Shoal.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: Russia fires 289 drones and 76 missiles at Ukraine, injuring at least 73 at a Kharkiv hospital and cutting power to 180,000 in Zhytomyr. Abu Dhabi talks set for Nov.…
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: a U.S. jet destroys an IRGC missile launcher on Qeshm Island, Iran claims three tankers hit mines in Hormuz, and talks stall over who moves next.
Poland sends police, soldiers and counterterrorism units to the Kaliningrad border after warnings armed groups could cross, while Germany's Leopard tank brigade builds up next door in Lithuania.
Iran says talks with the U.S. continue after three days of Qatari mediation ended without a breakthrough, as Tehran puts a two-day Hormuz plan on the table and Trump weighs strikes after the midterms.
Zelensky says Russia is preparing a massive strike on Ukraine's energy grid as the U.S. votes, after 364 Russian drones in about 25 hours and a fifth Ukrainian strike on a Samara oil hub.
A Global Disinformation Index study found two AI models repeated Russian state claims in 70% of answers, as Russia and Ukraine reported alert-app hacks.
An explosives-laden truck blew up near an army base in Planadas, Tolima, killing four people including a baby and injuring 17, Colombian officials said.
Two projectiles hit a tanker 72 nautical miles off Khafji as Iran's Guards claimed their mines struck two tankers near Hormuz. Axios reports on Netanyahu.
Iran daily briefing, Nov. 2, 2026: counter-infiltration vote, 85 October executions, a two-day Hormuz offer, winter gas warnings and a weaker rial.
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